It was funny. Ma would never write e recipe down unless asked and asked again, but she was the one with precise ingredients.

There are some recipes which are tough for me to give to people, (Like fish chowder, beef stew, etc), because the ingredients vary from batch to batch. If I give someone a recipe, it's most likely that's what I put in the last time I made it, as opposed to a hard and fast formula. (One comment to the US Army.......Peas DO NOT go in beef stew!) Those are pretty much Pa recipes.

Macaroni and cheese, rolls, coffee ring, and others are recipes I can give someone in 5 minutes. Those are Ma recipes...........sometimes never written down, but ingredients are in measured quantities.

Wait, does this go into thursdays or the boiled egg thread?